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  Everyday Is Like Sunday

  

  write moving your mail closer and closer to your mailbox. We have mailed ... 's a committee decision, and we do the best that we can to treat the ... , truly. And each of you is going to make the world a better place, whether

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 12, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Interview Deadline Approaching! It's time for applicants to contact their local MIT representative.

  

  applicants to contact their interviewer (and, if you're applying for regular ... like that. It's meant to be more of a conversation, a give and take. What you should do is this: log on to MyMIT, where you'll find the name and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Jenny Rifken Name:Jenny Rifken; Job title: Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions; Hometown: Elgin, Illlinois

  

  'd have to include Sting, Annie Lennox, Seal, Alison Kraus and Union Station ... : Calvin and Hobbes Advice about applying to college/MIT: There's no one ... Name:Jenny Rifken Job title: Director of Recruitment and Associate

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This is a song about being happy. Not a song about a whale. Sorry. But there's haute couture.

  

  ! And I hear Ankur was even there! I could have gotten to meet a reality ... at Harvard and only came to the BSO to get off campus for a few hours ... Bargaining with him to the BSO. I, on the other hand, got to sit down and read

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Taylor Pons from the First-Gen Program #FirstGenPride

  wants to welcome students to connect to resources and other peers (peep ... One of the coolest parts of my job is that I actually get to spend a ... calls) getting to know staff members who work at MIT in different roles

  • by DJ Rock
  • April 14, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  My 21st Birthday More details about the transition to Halloween than you ever wanted to know.

  

  that whenever you go to the doctor's office and state your birth date ... Davie '12 and I went to an exhibit about using toys to communicate ... principle of maximal aging. And this goes back to what we were talking about

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  THIS. IS. 18.02. "We will wield our triple integrals as one!"

  

  . WHY DID I COME TO THIS SCHOOL.”), and with classes wrapping up today, a ... In case you haven’t been able to tell by the lack of bloggage across the board, people have been a little hosed here the last week and a half

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • December 10, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exploring the newest innovations in dessert technology A trip filled with enough desserts to satisfy anyone's sweet tooth!

  

  decided to find out, while celebrating a 21st birthday. We had three stops on our journey, one which would take us across Boston and involve the ... puffs.” We tried the vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry cream puffs, with

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  A lot of students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we ... unexpected growth. We adapt and continue onward. Some of you may feel happy to ... have complicated feelings; that’s okay too, and this is an open forum to

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Astrophotography Courtesy of 12.409

  

  Dear current and future MIT students, There is a class you need to ... observing: sketching, assembling a telescope, using a telescope and a map to ... the magnitude system and optics. I talked more about the class here

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Cloud i live there now

  

  homework and applications to various things (stored by Dropbox) My games ... I just restored my laptop to factory condition to get rid of an annoying virus or something that was preventing me from seeing my desktop and

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • February 8, 2012
• Blog / Community Projects

  A Picture is Worth a Thousand Balloons Literally. One thousand. Like, a one with 3 zeros. One times ten to the third.…

  

  , decided to welcome her return with a nice poster:   And a few ballons ... ???   Everyone ran into her room after her and proceeded to have a crazy ... So about a month ago, back when I actually wrote blog entries and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Edmund’s New Toy Guitarring starring eJones

  

  photo (notice the tupperware! what a friend to the environment...), and ran away to a meeting. Here's what he emailed me today: Mitra, Where ... Meet Edmund Jones, a member of the Admissions Office staff (and Sam

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Regarding Online Decisions A brief update.

  

  , and things look good, but we need a few more weeks to be sure. Due to ... I am excited to let you know that things are looking fairly good for ... yesterday and they seem optimistic. Please note that it's not definite at this

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Birth Of Baby Nance Regular updates from labor through delivery (guest-hosted by Ben).

  

  thread to make predictions on the exact time and weight. The closest time ... in at 9lbs, 14oz (!) and 22 inches long. Congrats to Bryan and Tina! ... 7AM to tell me that his wife's contractions were 20 minutes apart

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why It Pays…

  

  Why it Pays to Be a Math Geek (from msn.com) Selected passages: "Surviving those advanced integral calculus lectures and organic chemistry labs ... might just be worth it -- in terms of job outlook and high starting pay

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 8, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Odds & ends

  

  to Solid State Chemistry. Professor Don Sadoway, arguably the best and ... for the final exam, to which he wears a tux with tails). And, as always ... (tonight's showings apparently include Gankutsuou 2-3 and Paranoia Agent 1

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2004
• Blog / Athletics

  3 / A team effort Roll Tech: Your newest Intercollegiate High Team silver medalists!

  

  took it slow, taking time to rest up, take care of my body and mind, go ... for her expert navigation and driving skills and getting us to and from ... morning and afternoon half of us competed, and that evening we drove to New

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 12, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What Is an MIT Community? ...a personal experience

  

  field extensions to love and all relationships. The whiteboard by my door ... engineers, and we love to stay updated on their projects. One day, we may get ... awesome it is to build a solar car from scratch, and how we should

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Top of the World If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the roof of the Green…

  

  Liz, Cody, and me that he was going to be heading up to the roof of the ... take a few photos, and would we like to come along with him? So, of ... Auditorium and Dorm Row. From foreground to background (east to west), the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 3, 2008